Smartphone downloads added

[Guest voskan]

Smartphone software downloads and more at http://www.SPAM.com

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

Welcome to the site ;)

Just to let you know Symbian phones are not classed as Smartphones :)

it would be better to have a Symbian section to save confusion.

[Guest Arisme]

ok ... but they are smartphones :wink:

it's amazing how everybody let Microsoft pick such a confusing name :roll:

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

Smartphone is a brand name ;)

so for symbian phones it could be better to name them "quite clever phones when they work" :)

[Guest Mr_Protozoa]

ROTFLMAO!

[Guest squall]

hehehehe

[Guest Arisme]

you're really, absolutely sure of that ? because I've been calling the other Open OS phones smartphones for some time :shock:

[Guest blewer]

Yes sure.

Smartphone is a brand name, not to be confused with other OS or phones.

:)

[Guest Lojt]

nm

[Guest Hax]

Yes sure.

Smartphone is a brand name, not to be confused with other OS or phones.

:)

I've certainly read articles that use the term "smartphone" but that do not refer only to MS based Smartphones, but those phone that offer a little more than just the ability to make phone calls.

Although MS might have chosen this for a brand name, I can see them losing it pretty soon and I think they can too as Smartphone 2003 is to be marketed under another name IIRC.

I'm sure that a little while ago, MS took a company to court over the name of it's product: "Lindows" a cross between Linux and Windows. MS tried claiming that the name was too close to their Windows "brand" name. If memory serves, there were problems determining if "Windows" is a copyrightable/trademarkable name as it is a generic term. Upshot is that MS might lose the rights to the "Windows" name. I'm guessing they don't want the same to happen with the Smartphone name.....

EDIT: Just found said article - have a looky here

Hax

[Guest]

To clear up any confusion (and possibly add more!):

"Smartphone" is a trade mark relating to phones that use a Microsoft OS.

"smartphone" (note the small "s" ) has been used by many journalists as a generic term to cover phones that have additional features over a standard handset; generally anything which can run third party software.

It’s similar to “The Conservative Party” and “conservative politics”.

So a phone running a Symbian OS could be called a smartphone, but couldn’t be called a Smartphone.

For clarity it’s probably best to call each phone by it’s OS, so Smartphone and Symbian in this case.